Investigating the level of housing indicators in the cities of Golestan province

The favorable situation of the housing sector is one of the important indicators of social and economic development. Planning in the housing sector in order to achieve the desired situation requires identifying and analyzing the broad dimensions of this sector. One of the most important steps in housing planning is awareness and review of the current housing situation. One of the important ways to be aware of the current housing situation in order to plan housing is to use housing indicators. These indicators, on the one hand, indicate the quantitative and qualitative status of housing in each period of time, and on the other hand, are an effective guide for improving housing planning for the future (a key tool for charting the future of housing).

Objective of the research: 

The present study is the ranking and leveling of the cities of the province using housing indicators.

The approach of the present study is applied and the research method used is descriptive-analytical. In order to collect information from the documentary and library methods used and the required information of housing sector indicators, has been extracted from the results of the general population and housing census of 2016 in Golestan province. In order to analyze the data, TOPSIS technique and cluster analysis and in order to show the spatial levels of the studied cities, Arc Gis software has been used.Geographical area of ​​the research: The geographical area of ​​the present study is the cities of Golestan province, which includes 14 cities of Gorgan, Gonbad, Aq Qala, Bandar-e Turkmen, Minoodasht, Kalaleh, Azadshahr, Ramian, Aliabad, Kordkoy, Bandar-e-Gaz, Gomishan, Galikesh and Maraveh Tappeh.

The research findings show that among the cities of the province, the cities of Gorgan, Ramyan, Aliabad and Gonbad are among the most enjoyable and Maraveh Tappeh, Galikesh, Minoodasht and Turkmen are among the most deprived cities of the province in terms of indicators. Are housing.

The general conclusion of this study indicates that the distribution of housing indicators in the province is unequal and cities that are far from the center of the province have more inequality.